{"product_id":"pop_culture","title":"Pop Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnocked Loose’s Pop Culture is the Kentucky hardcore band’s 2014 debut EP, a five-song, 12-minute blast of abrasive metalcore and hardcore punk. It establishes the fundamental traits that would define the group’s later work: jagged down-tuned riffs, punishing breakdowns, frantic drumming, and Bryan Garris’s raw, high-pitched scream. The production is comparatively rough and immediate, giving the release the feeling of a compact live set rather than a polished studio showcase. Its sound leans heavily toward hardcore’s blunt force and confrontational energy, while using metallic riffing to make each transition hit with greater weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe EP contains “The Gospel,” “Separate” featuring Carson Hudson, “Manipulator II,” “Small Victories,” and “All My Friends.” Its lyrics focus on alienation, mistrust, self-loathing, frustrated relationships, and rejection of religious hypocrisy, matching the music’s agitated tone. “The Gospel” opens with an anti-church critique, “Separate” directs its anger toward false people and social betrayal, and “Small Victories” turns inward with a more self-deprecating edge. Although Pop Culture is brief, it proved foundational for Knocked Loose: it introduced their severe, breakdown-centered style to the hardcore and metalcore scenes and helped build the momentum that led to their subsequent tours and full-length releases.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album - Black Ice W\/ White Splatter Vinyl","offer_id":53920075972922,"sku":"39699","price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-08-17_at_1.59.40_PM.jpeg?v=1786989687","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/pop_culture","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}